GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| verve | the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : vivacity |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |